Publication Date:
2014-02-19
Description:
Author(s): Dong Chen, Michi Nakata, Renfan Shao, Michael R. Tuchband, Min Shuai, Ute Baumeister, Wolfgang Weissflog, David M. Walba, Matthew A. Glaser, Joseph E. Maclennan, and Noel A. Clark The chiral, heliconical (twist-bend) nematic ground state is reported in an achiral, rigid, bent-core mesogen (UD68). Similar to the nematic twist-bend (NTB) phase observed in bent molecular dimers, the NTB phase of UD68 forms macroscopic, smecticlike focal-conic textures and exhibits nanoscale, per... [Phys. Rev. E 89, 022506] Published Tue Feb 18, 2014
Keywords:
Liquid Crystals
Print ISSN:
1539-3755
Electronic ISSN:
1550-2376
Topics:
Physics
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